Nobody throws rice anymore Walkin' out those chapel doors But the limo's draggin' empty beer cans And your heart is full of small town plans THe house sure needs a little work It's full of hand-me-down furniture The tattoos and honeymoon tans will fade Half the time, half the bills get paid If it's a long kiss in the hallway that takes away your breath If it's something you would die for and it scares you half to death Big fight sometimes in the kitchen, but then it takes you up to bed Then it's a good marriage Nobody gets to sleep anymore Rockin' babies and pacin' floors And it's a full blown miracle just to find the time To make some love on a Friday night If it's a very fragile rope laced Through the eye of a needle like a thread If it's out in the middle of a storm somewhere, dangling off a ledge If it yells sometimes in the kitchen But then takes back every word it said Then it's a good marriage Nobody said that love was an easy thing That ain't the promise that comes with the wedding ring 'Til death do us part, through rich and poor And nobody throws rice anymore If it's a long kiss in the hallway that takes away your breath If it's something you would die for and it scares you half to death Big fight sometimes in the kitchen, but then it takes you up to bed Then it's a good marriage A damn good marriage